If you've ever been addicted to diet soda, you know how hard it is to stop drinking it. You start becoming an expert in different types of carbonated chemical refreshment—and you become defensive when anyone questions your habit. »9/05/09 1:00pm 9/05/09 1:00pm

Deborah Anderson, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Boston University's School of Medicine, had heard the urban legend that Coca-Cola
could be used as a contraceptive »10/03/08 12:45pm 10/03/08 12:45pm. So she and her team decided to test it in a lab. They found that not only is Coke a spermicide, but that Diet Coke (for some reason) works…

The United Nations has released a report blaming celebrities for sending the wrong message to young people when it comes to cocaine. Yeah. The UN. The report says authorities treat stars "leniently" and fail to make an example of them. In Europe, Britain is one of the countries with the highest level of cocaine use,… »3/05/08 10:40am 3/05/08 10:40am

Is "Tuscan Leather" the new euphemism for Bolivian marching powder? In the twisted world of master-narcissist Tom Ford, well, yes! The very man who brought us a fragrance that smells like "crotch" is now pushing a fragrance that he calls Tuscan Leather — which everyone and their brother describes as smelling like… »8/14/07 11:45am 8/14/07 11:45am